Table 1. Morphological measurements.
Species | Sample no. | FL/TL% | PCL/TL% | PD/TL% | PP1/TL% | PP2/TL% | PAL/TL% | BD/TL% | HDL/TL% | POB/HDL% | ED/HDL% |
M. mustelus | 1–4, 9, 12–14 | 85.47±0.37 | 78.88±0.43 | 27.66±0.99 | 18.08±0.94 | 42.68±1.21 | 63.93±0.82 | 7.53±1 | 19.68±0.88 | 34.71±1.45 | 0.99±0.13 |
M. punctulatus | 5–8, 10–11 | 85.88±0.21 | 79.31±0.26 | 28.11±0.34 | 17.72±0.61 | 42.87±0.72 | 63.5±0.87 | 6.81±0.48 | 18.82±0.49 | 37.12±1.14 | 1.07±0.07 |
S. acanthias | 15–19 | 87.91±0.9 | 79.99±1.07 | 28.52±0.73 | 19.83±0.9 | 45.53±0.95 | - | 8.99±1.06 | 20.64±0.34 | 29.71±0.98 | 1.54±0.13 |
S. stellaris | 20–23 | - | 78.55±0.49 | 49.57±0.73 | 16.79±0.33 | 42.18±0.5 | 59.37±0.61 | 8.14±0.89 | 18.42±0.67 | 26.3±1.48 | 0.72±0.04 |
S. canicula | 24–45 | - | 78.69±0.97 | 49.04±0.88 | 15.54±0.66 | 38.39±0.96 | 57.73±1.22 | 6.82±0.57 | 16.79±0.65 | 25.01±2.57 | 0.69±0.12 |
S. squatina | 46–48 | 95.17±0.45 | 84.32±0.54 | 62.37±0.53 | 18.57±0.4 | 38.13 | - | 7.22±0.26 | 19.12±0.62 | - | 4.73±0.45 |
C. altimus | 49–50 | 80.43 | 72.87 | 27.96 | 19.58 | 49.75 | 6.45 | 13.13 | 21.75 | 33.98 | 8.43 |
O. centrina | 51 | - | 78.49 | 22.38 | 17.21 | 59.55 | - | 16.35 | 17.56 | 23.53 | 15.2 |
Classical taxonomic measurements represented by the mean and standard deviation, except for species represented by fewer than 3 specimens, where only the mean is calculated. Total length (TL), Head length (HDL), Fork length (FL), Precaudal-fin length (PCL), Predorsal-fin length (PD), Prepectoral-fin length (PP1), Prepelvic-fin length (PP2), Preanal-fin length (PAL), Body depth (BD), Head length (HDL), Preorbital length (POB), Eye diameter (ED).